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WILLIAMS & DAVIS, Proprietors.3 A Family Paper, Devoted to Scienice, Art, fnquly, Industry and Literattr.LEMS-$O e nu nAvne VOL. Xe] WINNSBORO, S. Coo, WEDNESDAY MORNTING-9 DE(E BR 3 84 Nb3 THE IF A I Rri I E L D 1 A111li D is suni.islhm) *FrEKLY nY W I L 1L I A M S & D A V I S. Terms.-The IIAR 1,1) if published Week ly Ii the Town of 'inausbolro, a $3.00 tnvairinly in'advaci. - ttiU A1 traiisimnt advorti.sontenei o be P.4 I/) IN AD IVA MCE Obituary Notioos ant Tribiles $1.00 per -rjiuire. Lignt for lrnk. A Gorinan student of cause a3d effet has bean makiig obsorvat oni oil tho minaner in) whieh the eliotj of horsas ar0 ttla3cte by tho light from stable windows, and the result of his labors is not calculated to re-assur-O those who have been oarolest or jjio rant in the arraingetnents. In one of thoso oases gIn< ted, a farmer's stable was fightud by a isull window at one side, and aifter a time it. was f,mnd th.a som-i of the horses were becomiing bI)Id in the eye that was tui;ned toward tihe winldow, while Iall of theill had of all illerqual ;trun,:th. A w itdow directly in front ot a horso is certain, if it is Cx. posed to ia light ; hut Ilhe worst re eits atre ilap 1rit whiei t!-! willdoW is in -f,ant, aid at a (71.Mideraible L.oight ablove tihe hlorse's head. Ati Imlah, kept in a stable su lightod be com11e "groind ihy,') that * is to say, uncertain abtit thir footing, afraid to julIp to. 411 inetance is given of a purfoey m!atre piurcbarod Lv an olficer froi a auable I ighted by willlowsa tr the I-ar of the ttwlls. ! ' I, %h was perfectly saLisfaLto. S% . 1.It no "ground by" within tbree iointh11, and on exarfiiationl it aippeartd that hir eyes had Acqired an upward c tt.' S i ' w s.reiiovet to a stable .where the light.was bet ter distribute3d, and in the course of another three itionthis regained i her full -owers. Another ollicer had at horse which durinu the campmign in Fr;lne,; p oA:od a capital juniper, and was taken homo by his mnster lfter the war. The stable was light od by windows in frout of and higher thait the stlls, and in a short Lime the bold juiper became so '-ground -hy" a to -bo useless as a cavalry dhor,e. Tbe reason was not tiscover ed until he had lihe experionces with several horses. One animal in puarticular, f.ined for her jumping powers, roftusod, after having been kept a short time in the stable in question, to pass over any unusual (bject. " lien acfilly forced to cross'an insignifluait gulley she made leap that would have carried her across a fourteen foot ditch. W have personally noticed in horses peculiarities of action which liny be well accounted for by sich causes its we have mentioned, and it is by nio means impossiblo that shying hol - em haivo better excuses for their faults thai we nrp opt to accord then. Often i little illgenility may serve to correct an injurious arrange. inent of stablo-.ights, yithout %!roat expense or general changes. And here we are reminded of the wisdom of our forefat hers, who . very often placed thei' rows of stal's for all sorts of tock alonig the sides of ithe. batrn,andl facing the open space !be. tween the unows. Doubtl19ss thi is wase (done merel y to facilitarp fe'oding, but it gave the aniimals.at the sirimo time We uinderst antd tt thiere will1 be short.Ij issued from the press of Mehssrs. A ppleton & Company, New York, an account by thec Rev. A. Tioomecr P'orter of his :nst,itutioni for boys. We veintture to say that wvhedn the world rend this record, thecy will prontunooc it not only a wondci ful, bunt a most touchin tg naarrat ive. lFul oaf fatith, love and energy, with a zaa that has never wearied and a hope andl trust that never sufTered diiniu lioni ; seeinag no0 lions in his path, or if heo did( see thiem overcomning themn, Mr. Porter went forthI to plead the cause of the impoverished anid or phanl boy of the Soutthi. IIis sucoess hlas been eotmmiensurate withl his wrondecrful'laiithI andi( eergy. Heatrts antd purses at the North opened to him s-otpened( ian if by nmaigic ianti thons:antds of d) tll ars were poured into the treasury dedicated to tho nieedy. Snil the orputfhned. We' truat t hat Mr. Port r's book will be exCtenivel Il read, and that it will cause bothi -hiim atntd htis Insbittution to bo better ]known and mlore I widely appreciatted. The "cheekiest'" theft en reerdl is reported from Vitainia, whioro a ras cal stole a set of falso teeth from thvi gumis of at gentloiman who carelessly lett his mouilth open1 when ho wont to slaup. Tehicllwyers are in siome anuibt as to the exact farm of . idictmenoit for this niovel orimie, but thi-vi6timi calls it flat burglary, be. ing forcible eutry and abbtractiotn of plate. The small-pox is.rapidly spreading in New York City. 8ixty.(ivo eases wore reported last week, and many others are bolisved not to h tvo bean reported. The small por Asylum at laokweLl's Island is crowded with patient,s. We deviro to call the attention of our readers to the following plova. lent mistakes : It is a mistake to BUPPOSO that the subscription price of 'a newspaper is clear gain to the publi.he,r. It is a mistake to supposo that he gets his white paper for noth. Iag. It is a mistake to suppose it is printed without cost. It is a mistako to kuppo.io that lie can livo bodily by faith. It is a itilko to suppose that it is an easy thing to please overy 1ody. Ita nistak to suppose that a paper Is not worth? buying which contaiis only what we know alrea. dy. It im a mistake to suppose that money duo for a paper would be as good to us a year hence as now. The new curiency party, just or ganiv.od at Indianapolis, proposes to go it on tle general idea of an old Geor-ian of whoin Gen. Robert Toombs told the President last, p ini II buriing the hard times of )7:3, whenl money wis scarce and the State Ianhk was at its wit.' end, this a.tute fiw:neier of the rural di,tricts ctne to Milledgeville ond somaht his reprme ,ative in the Legislature. "r. Toonbs," says lie, "we imist have money. We're obleeged ;o have more iorey."1 11%Well," iays Toonbs in his brusquiteway, "how in the li-I nre ycu go'ing to get it ?" "Out of (lie State 1n1k," says the financier. "Bu, say TooIb, struck by the earncstness of his con Stituent, I'how is. the. 18tate Bank11 going to get -it ?" "Stamp it," svy tbe- -iinancier. "'aniy it," ro-t i Tooninbs- 'aid how:-iithe h-I is' it going to. redoem th noney it stam:piq?'' A glot suffut-ed the face of the financier." "Why, Mr. Tooibs,'' says he, that'sjtiA what I'm a comlini' to. You seq, Mr. Toomubs, I m agin redemption /" We have read mlny stirring ap peals on tihe eve of an election, urg ing voters to come out and showing the importance of a single vote ; but we never read anything quite as over powering in that direction as the followving paragraph from an Ohio paper: In 1,830, Dan St,mo, of Cincinnati, was a eluididate for theState legisla ture. WValking up Main street on tie morning of the election, lie over took an acquaintance going to the polls, who intenlod to vote the op pe.ition tiCkA t, "We are old friendh," S,tid, "aitl I know Vol will show a friend that mark of kind-ness." Party spirit was then comparatively quiet. 'Tho voter rop.ied : "Well, ])an, you are a pretty clever fellow ; I don't ciro if I do." The vote elected Stone, and gave himI a mjajori ty of one in the legislature, wlich made Thoins Ewing, U. S. Senator. Mr. Ewing's vote on the question of conuirini jig Martin Van Iuren as mini-ter plenipotentiary to Great, litain, enabled thle vice president to give the casting vote against. it, and cailed Mr. Van Buren first, vice president, and deterined the general polihicaLl policy of the coun try for four years. O.ie vote ne comIplished all this. It has been estimnated that of 12, 000,000 womiesn in Americea, 11,000, 000 wear cafic dresses, more or 1l.4s that the spirit of oconomy, has (luring the past year, induced them to forego one dress ai pieee from their usual out lay ; that the average caiico dIress cont ains eleven yards, anid that con seqnuently there has been a loss to the trade by this ret.ren,ihmient of 121 ,000,000 yards. This is nearly the entire product 'of all the miils of Massnaohuseite fo,r at year. l3y the disobodienee of a had in 1809,, a~ girden gate in Rhode Island wvas left, open, and a pig got in and destroyed a few plants. A quiarrel betwe'en the owners of' the pig andl the garden grew ouit of it, which spread. amuong their friends, defeated the 1FedOral candidate fo,r the LeO"n Iature, anid give the State a Dm. etrotic Senat or, by whose vote the Wan of 1812 with Great l3ritanin was de declaied. W illiam Kupp, who died at Doug laisv ilIl 1., last week, wast proha bly the hecaviest' man ini the United States, weighing 450 pottunds, anid nmncasuring twetnty-nine inethes around the call of the leg. Hie wats five fcot eight inches in height, twonty--one yoars old and very handsome. A womnants switch of hii got into the bed sonic way, and her husl.and aidl awake all night, shivering and sliaking tinder the idea thrt a rattle snake was curled down against hiis log. W hen hie found out the tir-uth he walked out of that bedroomn a whoopin' and oursin' like snakes. Poland used to be "the Hion. Judtge Poland." Theon they got him to "Judge gP'oland," then to "Po land,'' and nowv his neighbors speak of him as "Old P'olo, who got so bad ly waxted." [From the Southern l1ne.j M.sSRS Enlton: The Chonp Transportation Convention which as. sembled in Richmood list week, was a highly respectable body of gentle. -en. It was presided over by a distinguished son of blassiaohusetts, the lion1. Josiah Quincy, who is the Presideit of the Association. Com mittees land been appointed at the ist meeting to submit reports on variotiis subjects, relating to trans porta ioti such as railroad trarnspor. tation, witer Ur cantat transportaition aid the relative coast of each. These were full iad able, but goncrally partook of the bias of mind of each chairmaim wh t io made tihe report. The bausis of representation in the Convention wIs that of the retpec tive State in the House of Repro- t senttiives in the Federal Col-gress. T]'here being but few Southern States repteseited Now York. Ohio, Illi nois, Iowa ard 'Minuesota had tho I absolute coitrol o%le every ques- C tion which ca me before the convetn tion. These States being generally t well supi lied with railroas, and oICh de](gotiou havit.g so.u tin t:.il or local water iine to be en struiced, ratn the -controlling power almost entirely in favor of canuls, t acComtniiniig large ripproprilitions t toti.etm and ignorinig entirely nation- 8 al railroad interests urged by t.ie b Southern stotei. .1 A aesolitin-of a national chae4t- l ter was ititroduieed by Col. V n. Johnston of (iharlotto N. C., and U failed to pass on aceount of the mere loci I schemes favored b v Nw %v York aid North Western Statts, viz, :. t "aW t :Rus, ThLe contkructioli of a LI -hip v1l . acRsL the l,*litmus of e WuC., connecotinlg the witLrs of the a kei and Mediter-aneain swas, has a greaitly diisinished both the time 0 Cad dt.-t ance of tine voyaga from all Southern aid WVester*l Europe to India, China, Japan and Autralaia, b And wMhereas the shorter route from u the Ur.ited States to E tstern anid t Southern Asia is through our Paci- d fie ports, and we have but one rail- P way co.neeting the A tlamtij and P Pacifie opeanls, by 1 hiell colyileruial W ititercunrse can be aitiained ft throughout the Unioi with Ualifor, a' nia and the continent of A-ia con- &I taiiiiig over 600,000,000 inhabitaits 4, or ono half tine population of the al globe, and mhereas the Texas or I Southern V.acilia rail route is about ft 500 tiilNes $1hort0r fr mt the l'aii ti to tho Atlantie ports than any other P, constructed or p;ojected line and k< vhereas its piopo:ed line rins g through a settled coutitry, of great sI fertility of' sti aboulntdi ilg it in- i eral wealth, Of comparativoly cheap ol con-3tructiun. and through a mild and h temnperate climate, without ob- h sti uutions from snow and ice in win- c ter. tI Re,:oltcd, That this Conventioi do os cordilly reconanend to the Congrrss f, of the United States to extend to oj said Southern Pac fie such reasona- ni bWe aid as will ensure itn speedy com. ci pletionl, as it is a great work of urn doubted national imnportance."< In behallf Uf this resolution tle in. o: troducer stated, the country was oJ greatly itIi aneed of' another trntsacont- wi tinenat di rourte, thait onne 'was who.lly' A inisuffnicnt arid naecessaily produced g :m tmonopily ; tiat, fort' v1 ~eral inuonitt F int the year, paissenigers tLaveu'led it ti at the per ai of thlir lives f'l'otan snow ta and ice, rind frigihts were soeti e ni(5 uveeks andi mnthls in tiansit. The e contstrauct ion of' the TaIXas 'ailie eo woutld invite a la r'ge immuntigraition to c< 'tar Southern atTo.ritorrcs, raf idly at t- o ale them anid develop +.heir resour cs, I incerea.se thle pri. duet iota of eutt,an,. graint and othe pra'jodutctiotns, thtus p er'ently adding to ile wealth of tire in rut aion. 'The lncreaised value of the I. lands ailonte in a few sears waitld a miionre th:iat doaule the cost of thte lI road. It wvould vi ttlize omit enttires rail io-md syte m itt te SourthI by in -V erea.sinig their ti auic. It wduld give in neoused comlmet co) and1 rictivit,y in tl e'.cay AuIttl.tot*ot I roan Galiivestont el .o New Yotrk,:am~I every por'tiona of el the coutntry would be stia.gthented b atnd invigorated bty thre naddia ioinal at wealth it would produce and the in. ci elcensedi commetOFre it would sto tter ti over the lines of connee ing road. a: fromn 8t. b,uaiP, (cei 0, Memorphis, ei Vicksburg, No.v 0 le o a aad Ga - it v'oston. It would carry elvilizatior' ti with its constructior n ta dim'nish pn the eobt an.1 numiber of troops nlea t cessary to defend our South western in Teritories from the Indian intcur~~ e sotns to less than oi.o bait of' 'what t.hey no0w amount to. Uut these an e riot tire only national t1 benefits to) flow from tis aoad. it vi will probably reduce theo cost of' tl transportation from Californria to one 1I half' the ptresent rate. Thibs would i1 invite a lastly inereased trade from d Asiaa. In faet this is the prize to o a wonlt. TUhe comtmeree of Asia is thte 1 greatest of all the national obijeets I to be attained, whether thtis com-' i mioree shtall first go to Europe or a come directly to the United States. Thise country wants no middle conti. nent inrterveninag ;no England or I F'rancoe to charge their profits and< eommuissionst on the rich commerce I of the grat Eastern continent. By I the Egyptian routo-4ll Europe li.t greatly the advantage 4:f us acid Ui1 merchantimn t are compelled to sail under the guns of Grea Britain, as tOy ester the Mditei'runein aid with the pertuibsion of tho Freijoh Govoraiect and tiho Khodiv- ,of Mgypt, pay toll and puss thlkiueh the SukA Canl and the'Rod 8ea. fi mnse our.national relton,i are di,. .urbud with eithor of.tho.c powers, hiAls cullry in1t cupot).i0i iti easterin t1innierue tirough our Naoii% ha rbr sr he routitted to tho'V yavu' aruid he Cupe of Good flop or .po loin. Now, is the pris,--the comis uce of Aaia-wurth! t..e uoimpeti ion with Europe I b\oderii civili ttiOU sCem1s sarcely to .po1iffe-OkLt t as did the dark ages ad pre-lits orie times. it has eorielhed every ouctry that has ever boeu its recipi lit. It ia believed, t,hat it inade tle 'ushites or ancient Araliais a great, aarned, comparatively Ci'ilize-1 and unmerciul people long iefore tile ) ranids were built and' conducted his opulent nation thtutgh the lod ca ill to the Ai,Jtei ranean, con tt tirio fore Atheis or Wmo was re. owned for arms, aril or letters. 'he prooft of history are convicilug hat BA*ylou, Tyie acid' 6idou owed heir cimmerciai importance to it, lid the 'l.wiiicianis th ir muaritime 1preimacy to the guideause. Sub. -quelitly Vunice and 'enoa under a vivifviirg influouice -boeame rd wied in th'i cmi"n ial world, itil Spain se.zed the. e and she ceaie the most forit, blo power I Murope in e-mimerco ajd ar:n,-i cdinig all the (lristian %Vbild undecr ie cruos to stmay the uikhtby 1 t-ide 'of i0 MussulmlaIA followiag,.l,e cres mlt. 'To her maritiuio reouiec.i id' prowess, Rmn upe an'd America e today i;idebted fur Ci, reilglin the Cross listead of the shrile of ecoa, for tie Bible instead of the oran. More recently it has been y activity molo g6ierally diffused er the Enropean nations. Saall we Ice it. econd-hund f'om them, or rect thl-olt4h our own Wostern )rts over the broad expanse of t.ie acific Ococut, and the Chinia 8t3, ithout havitig to pay tribute to any reign power, or salute the flag of ly nation who poins lier guns ross our path? China with her )0,000.000 of iihabitants produces consumes more cotto i to-day, an all iitikh lndia. Unhappily r her pecudl ir religion and n'tu ons, she has remnined in a state of ,tritied eiviliz.tion for over thirt% mturics, without advance or retr ide, possessed for maiiy centuries of le of the 1ins,t perfect arts and Acat Okill inl the iaufaturew of othir, silks, China, &c., of which the ghest civilizaition might justly envy 3ar. Hler 0cgoes of tes, silks and iina are the choicest and richit of o World's produotion. This vast ,untry appears to be Just tousing om a stupor of eitu lies and is >eciug up a more exteitd coin cro to Civilizatij,n. 8hall we ro ive it ? Then there is Japtn, still nearer Us, with a popilation e(tial to that the Uiiited St,aten, and in advance China inl fo!lowinlg the coiiceIcial aike of mtoderni timraes ; with Ludia, ustralia, New Zeatlansd and that rciat gtaoup of islands knowtn eas ulynesiai. llThe vast tratde of a I ie.o cntions and peoples is offerodi t he liberality of ocur own govern emit anud the skill ahid comimercial iterprise of our country. The u>mmerce of even a port ion of these untries has eniridhied every nation a the globe that hias ever enj->yod , s far back tis hi.-tory can thi ow it' ray of Ilight. To lbe able to com-1 Ste for this munnificent prize weoi mist uve anoth ir irant-,-colnticiental route. 'iut is v holly insulicient, yet who octld part with the Unaion l'amiIie uilr yad ? It is woi th hundreds of 'illions of dollars to the nautiont. it,bdut it l?r-ance iiiighmt have been ptssessioni of the golden shores of ie Pacilic to-day. But the South ni Paul .c Itoad is essential to the ijoymeint of this foreign trade a 114 v its favorable loe ation of soil, cli ate and resources of the caYnitry croigh which it paisses, appeals ini ae highest dlegree to the liberality .d j-xtice of the goivernmeit. Ins mnstr'tionc1 ilcdue to) the~ reviviIyinig fluenes it will have over- tbe en re South, 9) much de pressed andc 4ral)g-.d by desolaiting war and to Ie ine w Oii oouni life andl bless igs it, will diffusea over the whole >unt.ry. A plain spoken preacher delivered se-following froms his d o.k: ould announce to the eongregation lat, prcobably by mristako, there w9aW aft ait the meeting house this morn ga small eottoni rumbrella miuch amsaged by time and wear, anid of n oeoedingly pale blue color, in lace whereof was taken a very large lack silk umbrella (of groat beauty. ~inndors of this sort, my bret lire,, re getting a little too conmmon." Can it be possible, as seems likely romt the last afldavit in the Beechier ase, that Theodore Tilton will put is daughter on the stand against her uthbr ? A Ch lil' 1u0,ic. I'he ood 11ok sa.yi that "out of' the mouths of babe and . sulhigs cometh wisloIl.' Ai an ilhistra. li-n of this proverb, very appicable to the present tit -., we copy friom an exuliaigo the following diu I I Ow WI. Ait NIrn IToH1).-LittlO Patughter-"-i wish the rivers wvuld rise.'' F,4ther-"\hy, what havo you to do with the Ii %ers' rising 1'" L D).--A great deal, father, for thmi (te hot.i will run." whot have you to d1o with the bouts' luntiing, my Ulhild ? ol Vt L. D '--iThey would binlg the Cotton down, father," F.-- fookiog over spectacles) "A id wihat have you to do, dIling with e-tton htles V' L. D.-" Wby if the Cott-on was down you will bjo al to sell it, 3ou know dear ftther." si iiingly. JO.-"1A til whamt t hot ?t" J, D.--"You would have plenty of L. 1) -(Iying her hand on his Nil- idor, i,nd looking up in his fate) "Thll you could pity mother that Iwenty dollar gold picoe you bor'uw ed frvin her, yott know, fatlir.'" V'.-"'Ami w%hat then ulidd?') Li. D.-"Thi tothur could nay Aunt 8arah the ten dollars she O'4 Os bor." F.-1SAy, indeed I and what thel?" 1. D--'And Aunt Sarah would. pay Sister Juno tho one dollar lio promd Ito give her New Yoar's, but,-uidin't betuse she didn't havo l any cltton-aliy mouey, I nmoani flather."' .-"W ol, a nd what 0no T' (110 f lays dowi the newspopor and looks at her cautiouslyi with a If smile.) li. D.-"Sistur Jano would pay I Brother John hia fi.ty cents back, I id he said when he got it he would U Live ie the itlf dime he owed tiei 1nd two dimos to buy marbles ; nd i this is whtat I want the river to rise, anI the big boats to run i And I t oWe nurse lite other diti t uid I r Itust. pay my deb sV" I t l'a looket at ine. "There it i.m,' i ie said. " We are till big and lit- 't tie, like a row of bricks. Touch one t and twtay we ill go, even dowi to our r .ittlo C'airio here, 8he hial a Ia t i'blild, as gret it interest in thie rism t of the river ias I have. We are all t old and 3oting, waitiiiig for imone10y to luitv murbles." l'rof. lJnolaiiy i ice at il th le ealin'g financial ptndits In Ionrets might speak for it thousand yeas and yet nover surpiasa the simple titith and logic of thit claar.headed little maid. Siihcr Pared Streets. Our principal streets being macada. r.i,ed with rtifuse ore taken from tho miines in early days, and beitg coatud with the riolh oro diat haiis been .year after yoar Aiftad down upon them t froim tle ore wagosn, are nowY every- I %hert more or lesi arguntilerous. Indeed, thorc is not the hlightest stretch of the iimagination i.: saying that we nevecr take it step 'in the town, but wo are walking ogi silvoer- I that our streets are leietrally ptavedl with silver. While Fpeakinig of this fiat a day or two sinee, a young manit bet his friend the price of the assay intg and "'die oigara"s' that he wouild; take a Itumnp of mnud off of tite wheel. rt a 'bus, thent st and ing before them, and wotild get, (lut ofC it pr.eoious metals to the valns of over $5' perir ton . An ounice or two of' mnud was tiakent fromi the whoole of the vohiolo antd pitced in the hands of an assay.. or, whfo was not. told u hore the sam.. ji was obtained, and who no doubt supposed thiit be wvas dealiing whith decomiipoi.ad ore or voini matter fromt one of our mines. T1ho assy was mtade, and the assayer's certificate showed that thte siample conmaineod, "Sil ve r, $7 54 ;gol d, $2 32 ; $986." A Iter this wo may put, on aitrs, oven t.hongh our streets are villainously muddy occatsionially , for Ite very mnd in oiur bott otit-n,' both sil ver' and golbi-is net the suulgar neud of the "cow countt) towns. Th'e gtrangers are hiaviinig a pretty hard tme with iiair t.reasuners. TIheo cust,odian is of te granige funds of throe states have disajppeared with the utg ieultural carbi, and left only "lI,ston' is rhe place to look for in. stanes of filial affecotioni. A diutiful son ini that town had the hacks en gatged for his mother's runeral eighteen days before she e*pired." ThFle report of tbe bureau of sta tieties shows that fifty-six thtousanad less emigrants arrived in 1874 * isn in the previous fiscal y.lr. Thte total number wats 313,339!, of whomi 97,623 caime fromt the Teutonic couin tries ; 61,999.from Englan d, Soot4, land and Wslea, 53,707 froin Ire land ; 32,060 from Canada , 21,664 from the Latin countriea, 19,178 freom Scandinavia, and 13,779 frome China. The Meerschitim .Milus of Asin Minor. The most ostunsivo doposits oi meoerchaum inl Asia Minor arc about tventv-four miles southoast of il mity of E kisochr, formerly Dorylea, the inhabitants of which, nuimbwrin about 12,000 Armenians and Turks, are p'inoipally,omployed in collootin . or dealing in this mineral. It is ob tained down in the earth, shaft1 or pits being sunk to a depth of twouty. seven to thirty-throo foot. Forty tv fifty miners work in the one mine I and form a company, dividiog the profits among thenise)vem. Tho stones are generally irrogular in shap and differing in size, 'eing froi the size of a Inut to a square foot or mora in sime. Tb largost T pieces are the most in demand and M tie dearest. The minoral, when * freshly dug, is of a yellowish white color, and covered about a finger p thick with rod, greasy earth. so soft ti that it can be out with a knife. The treatment which the meer iohaminm must bo subject to bofore it I is fit for export is voiy expensive i tnd tedious. Tho piecos must first b, bo freed from the adhoring earth, m and dried for five or six L days in the sun, or for eight or ten da) s ii warm roois. ''ie minloral is then deanod a second time and polished rith wax. After this, it is sorted u 111o different grades, of which there ire ten, and carefally p-cked with >otton in boxes for export. The sones lose two-thirds of their wei,,hIt 'nd volume in the operation of elean ug and packing. 'I'he boxes arm all of ond site, atd Soh contains stonee of the one quali y. These boxes contain 30 to 8) C' argo stones, 80 to 100 of nedium ize, 900 to 300 of the suallo r onos, lid 000 to 1,200 * of the smalle,t ti ,inces. Th! weight of a box is 24 foi o 3.5 okens (little over a ton ) The il rico depends on the demand. The or argest quantity is sent to Vienna le nId Clormany, the yearly export be- tie ig 8,000 to 10,000 boxes, having a aue of $600,000. lh The Turkish government ldvies a "Si nx of 12} per cent. on the raw mate" na ial where it is dug, and a second of 16 of 12} per cent. ou the salos, if it IUI i intended for export duty. Besiles hi, there is the usual export duty I" j be paid when It is shipped. The wj ight of digging it in not leaed in se< he ordinary way, but the govar Im ient farms out the taxos at a oer to aiin price. [Journal of Applid (%cbmislry. 1 lt'st Wila-i Ti- c on Ritcorl. 'Tho Ccount of the trot in San 'racuisco, betwoon Fullerton, Ocei. lent, and Sam Pardyj is producing a >rofound sensation among tho turf non and breeders of fast horss. ulerton won in threo straight ients. Time, 2:201, 2:22.1, 2:211 Pho third heat, which lie trotted in :2 14, lie is reported to have done [uite within himself. This is the fastest wsgon time 01) ecord. And, in fact, aull three of he heats are faster than any one cat, to wngoi, for which ainy horso as evor had a record before 000i- tlu ent did not make a show t) boar,t ro an,i comrativel y ; butt Samn Puirdy, I though defeated in every heat by ullerton, contended bravely for the i 'itor'y. A We are somewhat gratified to see of uloerton--which we have regarded as WI ne of thce many promising sons of dr. Bonnor'c horse, Edward Everett, CI -make a performance that reali/os fr 11 we have ever predioet3d of himt, F and confirmus all that we have ever Ia emcarked a bout hiis having been culled o ft entimeos be fore.'i A colored insf, named Jaek Craw- ti ord, ws scidently killed, last ~ ~aturday night, about 8 o'clock, at C he store of Mr. Griffin Lfernkin, ini l Johumbia County Ga. Fooliag with ccc loaded pistol. a: Bos-roN, D)eoember 16.-Cobb is hooted Mayor. The Democrats lose ap no Alderman and gain seven Coun- . ilnmen. Newberryport ai.d D)owoll j loot Reforin candidates over the ti -egular nominees. ni T1ho (Carolina Central Railroad caeting Wilminagton and Charlotte ias been completed. BHIE1l1FF'S~ SA LE. i Y virtue of sundry eeotionse to me I .i directedl, I will offer for' sale (or cc DincIh, at( publio auciona to the hcighst bid C tIer before I he eourt hcouso door in Wining- I boro iihin the legal hours of cals on iho e first Monday in Januarf next and thce day following, the following described property, to wit :All that piece, paroel or ttendt. of land, lying, lieing andi situate in .the County of Faitfueld anid Staite of South Carolina containing fifteen - acrosa more or lers andi bounuded by lands of J. F. V. Loegg, J. bl. 1 Diokei-son,- aVid lands belongIng to thce estate of A. C, Feaster, deceased. Levied upon as '.he property of James Jennings at, the suit of .J. F'. V. Loegg agairist the adminsiririx of Airs. Jamcesi Jenningcs and her hiusbcand. Siheriff's ornice, WViinsboro, 8.0. ec. 15-2 1. 812to or'8oiil C1'O1iii, COUNTI OF F?AltVl,i.D, IN TIIA (OMMOY PLEA9. I- L. Ellioltj AgAinst N. It. Ifastings, I liastiligs, Thomas Anderson. ~N pursuance of an ordet of glto Court - made in' 11a1 above slated case by the lotnorablo T. J. Mackoy, I w Iil offer for ale at public auction, to th' highst iddor before the Colirt ]luase o01 in Winnshoio within the legal hours fvalo on the first Monday in January ext and the day followi 'g, the follow ugieioribad proiperty, o ait : All that t'hol of land lying and situa(o n JaiksonU's Creek ilt the County of airileid aIn stato of South Carolina, >nlaining five hnndred and fifty acres ore or leltm and bounlded by lands of imotlhy lirden. 8. It. Clowney, Thomas . Itabb, .Jr . ) r. 11. IV. Olvens ani hors being a pari o -.ho plantation pur iased by the said LN. If. flastings whilo ,o was sole and unmarried, and com 'ising onlly! sudlt part of said plania-, Lini as Hls on the opposike 1ido of' said Loksol'i; Creek fron that ipon whiah o residonae of the said N. 11. Hastings It P. II ast ings if 1 itiatd. Trn151 or SAl.R --One half of the pur ANO 111011y to be paid in Cash, anid the hitfe thereof on a crelit of twelvo ont hts with interest. from the day of sale he secured by bond of the pinrchasel d tortgage of itho promisis, the pur. inser to pay for all nocoesary papers. L. W. 1)U VALL, 8. F. C. Sheriff's Office, ninsboro, S. C.P Dee, 1L 1874. o 1.--x2 ftL S[ERIFF*S SALE. Stato of South Carolina. COUNTi OF IAltFkE.D. IN jilE 0) ItOAf PLEAS. esley Crosby, against J; M. MoCob *N pursanceo of atn ordet df the Court mada in the above stated oase by 1ionI. T, .I. MIantrav. I will nr. sale at publio ttelloti to fie ii iglhest. bidder bel'oro (fhe Court 11 o'so COr inl Wimnsboro within (te legal hours sale oii tio first Monday in January t antid te day following the follo wing mcriberd properly to wit : LlI that 00orlain ti act of land situate on Waters of' iloyo rnl'.ch itn the County Faiield and Stale of South Carolina. ititinig ote hnitdred aid twenty-two 's, more .or less, nhd bounded by lands Edaward Taylor, John Taylor, Osintnd tilware anti Chesley Urosby. I'NMS bA tA.-Onle haltf of the purchase noy to be paid in .Casl, and thd lane onl a credit of twelve months It interest from the dlay of sale, to be itred by bonid of tile purchaser and rigage of the prelihies the purohaset pay for all necesstry papers. L. W. DUVALL, S. F. 0. 5heriff's Offioce, nisboro. S. C. [)ec. 12, 1874. SHlERIFF)N, SALE, [ATE Ol SOUTI CAROtNA, ('OUJN-TY OF IPM-1). -11 ille Common01 Pileft9i. imes C. nifiinf, Sdln(ttil Phtrinan, :Antn E. Firman. Against, Chaitos M. Fur. tIan. lilivar It. Purmati. Irvine Fura inkan, Silly Furni, Julid It. Furman, Jnaes K. Vant+v, John E. Carew as lmipislt rail.r of' Charle Mi. Furniin fr. leceinsbdI with life will ahnoxetd and WIm. 1h. Dingle. N ptrinitee of an order of (lie Court iakie in ilhe itbovo Htteic .caso by flonerallo T. J. Mackey, I will offer sale to the higitest. biddef', roto~ lihonur't honse door in, tinsbor'n, withlin thto legal hours of sale, the first Mondaty in .Jahuary next follow ing described prope rty, to wit: hiact or litud knoiwn as the hlome place whtich T1htomas F. Ftrman deceased, IS itei.edl andi posse'ssed at fife timio of deth. lying being and situate In thd atnt y of Fair'fieldl in the State of South rol inn, het ween t ho publio read loading 'itm Motillo to Columnbia, the liughtey "rr'y t'ond and t he Lakini mill road, con Ining ninio hatindrod acres, more or less, d houndled by lands of David hi. Wilson. K. D)avis, .I blip), J. K. Rlabb and n Malfrtini. ALSO, I that, tract of land of whldlt TWomaai lurmnani, deceased, was seizevl and 5'eiei at the tIme uf lia death known Ihbe Simonton traot, containing eight mired and eighity-threo acrecs more or less itto in the Counity anmd Stato aforesaid d boundead by lands of Jerry Mfartin h. Bollly others. ALSO, I that tract of land of whidht lTomas F. nrnuan, idecon.ued was seizedl and posses.. I aL the time oif his death, known as tho elI tract containirig otto hundred and venty-thiree Acres mior'e or less, lying rth of the t wo last mfentioned tracts ini te Cotrnly aind State aforesaid and lbountd.. I by lands of David ii. Wilson lands be 1ngintg to ttne ostRio of W. d. Aiston e('ensRed and others. 'iKT)ina or 8At,.-One third of the pur-. htase mioney to be paid in cash and the alance dhet eof on a creodit of one aud twa Otrs int egntal iatstalmets witfh interest ayabin uunnalfy from day of sale, to be ectnred by a bond or bonds of t hie pur baser or' .purchasecr and a mar ttgage of lie prmie shl, turohbasor or pueahas ri to pay for aill noecesar'y papers. Ia W. DJUVALlI, S. F. Q Sheriff or0no'j ' ltina,ooro, N. U. Nov. 21 1874. nov 20-1.4t4 311lE firlit if' J. WV. Law & Co., 1s thfn .. da~y, Decemiber 1sf. 1874, dissolved y the withdrawal of James W. Law. hie business will be eaterled en by S. B. lowntey and (I. it. Afe.\asier, under the rmn name o,f W. 1i. Flofentn & Co. All iotes and necotin is dute t,he late fie of' woodwardl & Law arid J. WV. Law & Co.. ste In otur hands. All parties indebted will pleaso call at once antd nake pay-e mont. W. I1. FLENNIKEN & CEJ,. decn17-*